My Shapeways Order ArrivedShare the excitement of your arrived model with the rest of our community.Sun, 07 Jun 2020 10:41:40 +0000Sun, 07 Jun 2020 10:41:40 +0000Shapeways 3D Printing Forumshttps://www.shapeways.com/forum/f/my-shapeways-order-arrived.91/
Polished Metallic 6mm Miniatures (best order yet!)Fri, 22 May 2020 18:58:12 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/polished-metallic-6mm-miniatures-best-order-yet.23182/
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My favorite of the batch would have to be the mech since it's just a beauty standing on my desk, towering above the other minis.

Polished metallic is a bit pricier than the standard strong and flexible plastics, but I think it is...

Polished Metallic 6mm Miniatures (best order yet!)]]>5Scaffold Cube By OskarSat, 16 May 2020 15:11:58 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/scaffold-cube-by-oskar.100850/
https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/scaffold-cube-by-oskar.100850/invalid@example.com (Oskar_van_Deventer)Oskar_van_DeventerScaffold Cube is a puzzle with 14 parts. There are two separate balls, nine separate beams, and three beams with two balls at the ends. The goal is to take the cube apart and then put it back together again. When solving the puzzles, the nine separate beams are slid one by one, after which the puzzle can be taken apart.

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Scaffold Cube By Oskar]]>Fourknot By OskarSat, 25 Apr 2020 11:36:22 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/fourknot-by-oskar.100796/
https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/fourknot-by-oskar.100796/invalid@example.com (Oskar_van_Deventer)Oskar_van_DeventerFourKnot is a five-piece assembly puzzle. The object is to put the pieces together, such that they form a continuous loop. The solution is a knot shape that has four crossings, according to knot theory. This makes it the second simplest knot. The knot pieces loop like rope with five stands. The piece are held together by ten...

Fourknot By Oskar]]>Four Interlocking Spirals By OskarSat, 18 Apr 2020 10:43:23 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/four-interlocking-spirals-by-oskar.100781/
https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/four-interlocking-spirals-by-oskar.100781/invalid@example.com (Oskar_van_Deventer)Oskar_van_DeventerFour Interlocking Spirals is an assembly puzzle of four identical linear spirals. It was originally designed 24 January 1998 and prototyped from waterjet-cut dense polystyrene. The object of the puzzle is to put all spirals through each other. Two spirals fit exactly into each other, but how to add the other two?

Four Interlocking Spirals By Oskar]]>Screwballs By OskarSat, 11 Apr 2020 11:19:41 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/screwballs-by-oskar.100767/
https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/screwballs-by-oskar.100767/invalid@example.com (Oskar_van_Deventer)Oskar_van_DeventerScrewballs is an easy assembly puzzle, first designed and prototyped in May 2009. The puzzle has six identical rods with right and left-handed threads at the end, and four different balls, each with three threaded holes. The object of the puzzle is to assemble a tetrahedron. Because of the threading, the puzzle is assembled as an implosing, i.e. turning all the rods simultaneously and puzzling the balls...

Screwballs By Oskar]]>Turn Four By OskarSun, 05 Apr 2020 07:18:34 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/turn-four-by-oskar.100755/
https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/turn-four-by-oskar.100755/invalid@example.com (Oskar_van_Deventer)Oskar_van_DeventerTurn Four is based on an idea by Sjaak Griffioen. Sjaak wanted nine squares in a 3x3 grid, where any combination of 2x2 could be rotated by multiples of 90 degrees. Wim Zwaan built him a wooden prototype where one could lift out four square with your fingers. Whereas the puzzle worked, it was very easy to cheat by flipping the puzzle over and place the pieces. This...

Turn Four By Oskar]]>Fractal Maze Xl By OskarSat, 28 Mar 2020 09:53:27 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/fractal-maze-xl-by-oskar.100731/
https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/fractal-maze-xl-by-oskar.100731/invalid@example.com (Oskar_van_Deventer)Oskar_van_DeventerFractal Maze XL is an extra large version of Fractal Maze. It is a dexterity maze that is based on the fractal "dragon curve". The puzzle was designed in the 1990's and first prototyped on 3 December 2005. The object is to remove the small 8-mm ball out of the maze. The start and...

Fractal Maze Xl By Oskar]]>Fractal Maze By OskarSat, 21 Mar 2020 10:48:05 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/fractal-maze-by-oskar.100705/
https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/fractal-maze-by-oskar.100705/invalid@example.com (Oskar_van_Deventer)Oskar_van_DeventerFractal Maze is a dexterity maze that is based on the fractal "dragon curve". The puzzle was designed in the 1990's and first prototyped on 3 December 2005. The object is to remove the small 3-mm ball out of the maze. The start and finish are the two coridors at the side and bottom of the maze. The puzzle is 90x90 mm.

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Fractal Maze By Oskar]]>Is This A Joke(antique Silver)Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:38:01 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/is-this-a-joke-antique-silver.100697/
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silver this must be a joke that's not a black patina this is a lot of shit. I hope this will be a error... There are customers that have ordered also the ring hope this is not the same on the customer ring´s]]>7Stainless G-Shock case with lugsSat, 14 Mar 2020 15:18:10 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/stainless-g-shock-case-with-lugs.15494/
https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/stainless-g-shock-case-with-lugs.15494/invalid@example.com (TheCeladon)TheCeladonThis new stainless print has lugs attached to allow the user to add any 22mm watch strap to the DW6900 G-Shock watch. I also printed a white nylon version without lugs that looks pretty good.

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https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/typesetters-case-by-oskar-and-george-miller.100690/invalid@example.com (Oskar_van_Deventer)Oskar_van_DeventerTypesetter's Case was designed by George Miller at my request for a 3D-printable puzzle with minimal volume. The puzzle has a frame and nine hollow cubies with protrusions. The object is to put the nine pieces into the frame. There are several ways how the parts could fit. However, only one of them can be put together. George used Burrtools to design...

Typesetter's Case By Oskar And George Miller]]>Here Are Some Of My Collection Hope You Like It :-)Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:36:56 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/here-are-some-of-my-collection-hope-you-like-it.100660/
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here are some of my collection hope you like it. All cast in bronze or silver from shapeways.

It should look like this assembledView attachment 311023]]>10Segerdas By Oskar & Henry SegermanSat, 29 Feb 2020 10:51:45 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/segerdas-by-oskar-henry-segerman.100647/
https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/segerdas-by-oskar-henry-segerman.100647/invalid@example.com (Oskar_van_Deventer)Oskar_van_DeventerSegerdas is a sliding puzzle, based on an invention by Henry Segerman. Summer 2018, I showed Henry the Boomdas puzzle, one of my favorite slide-piece puzzles. Boomdas is has nine squares, held together by a dovetail connection. The object is to slide the squares, which reshapes...

Offset Octa By Oskar]]>It Arrived.Tue, 11 Feb 2020 04:14:12 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/it-arrived.100585/
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What happened?]]>2Heptaclaw By OskarSat, 08 Feb 2020 10:02:32 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/heptaclaw-by-oskar.100579/
https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/heptaclaw-by-oskar.100579/invalid@example.com (Oskar_van_Deventer)Oskar_van_DeventerHeptaclaw is a 7-fold-symmetry variation to the Penta Mystery puzzle, which has five-fold symmetry. The puzzle has been colored to show two seven-fingered "claw" shapes: one black and one colorfull. One can reorient the direction of the black "claw" in two moves. This illustrates how the axes of this puzzle can reorient in space. The puzzle...

Heptaclaw By Oskar]]>Bamboozle Hexsticks By OskarSat, 01 Feb 2020 10:10:04 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/bamboozle-hexsticks-by-oskar.100559/
https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/bamboozle-hexsticks-by-oskar.100559/invalid@example.com (Oskar_van_Deventer)Oskar_van_DeventerBamboozle Hexsticks is a puzzle based on the "diamond twin" geometry, first discovered by Fritz Laves in 1932. The puzzle is a tribute to the Hectix puzzle that was invented by Steward Coffin and Bill...

Bamboozle Hexsticks By Oskar]]>Hamilcon By OskarSat, 25 Jan 2020 09:35:11 +0000https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/hamilcon-by-oskar.100535/
https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/hamilcon-by-oskar.100535/invalid@example.com (Oskar_van_Deventer)Oskar_van_DeventerHamilcon is inspired by the Sphericon designs by Maker's Muse Angus Deveson on the one hand, and the Hamiltonian-path math art by Koos Verhoeff on the other hand. When Sphericon's are rolled over a flat surface, it is hard to see in what direction they will roll. Can you find out whereto...